Private equity firm Highlander Partners has acquired Black Sage Technologies, a developer of multimission platforms designed to identify and defeat unmanned aircraft system threats. The acquisition marks Highlander’s third purchase of a C-UAS/UAS developer, after DZYNE Technologies and Liteye Systems in 2022, the Dallas-based investment compan...
Sol Salinas brings 30 years of experience in corporate sustainability and digital transformation to his role as a global executive vice president at Capgemini. He previously managed the energy efficiency, carbon and sustainability department at a major government contractor and established and ran the global small infrastructure and smart cities pra...
With the creation of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office by the Department of Defense in 2022, the Pentagon has signaled its intent to embrace AI technologies. Although it has yet to take such sweeping action, the U.S. intelligence community is following suit. In the 2022 Intelligence Authorization Act — the ruling that directs...
Cobham, a global technology company backed by private equity firm Advent International, is considering acquiring Andover, Massachusetts-based defense electronics supplier Mercury Systems (NYSE: MRCY), Bloomberg reported Wednesday. U.K.-based Cobham eyes Mercury as a potential acquisition target after the latter’s board of directors moved to ex...
LinQuest has acquired defense technology company Hellebore Consulting Group for an undisclosed sum to expand capabilities in support of digital transformation efforts of Air Force Materiel Command and other customers in Dayton, Ohio. Beavercreek, Ohio-based Hellebore was founded in 2018 and provides DevSecOps and software engineering services in sup...
Michael Garson, general counsel at SOS International, has been promoted to take on the additional role of chief legal officer at the Reston, Virginia-based technology and services integrator. SOSi CEO and previous Wash100 awardee Julian Setian said in a statement released Tuesday the move reflects the expansion of the company’s ...
Stephen O’Bryan, a senior aerospace and defense industry executive, will assume the role of corporate vice president and global business development officer at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) on Feb. 6. He has been elected by Northrop’s board of directors to succeed David Perry, who is set to retire by the end of March after a...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) recorded $4.6 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2022, up 5 percent from the prior-year period and 6 percent on an organic basis, and attributed the growth to the company’s communications systems and space and airborne systems segments. The Melbourne, Florida-based defense contractor said Thursday its fu...
Mark Kenny, formerly a vice president at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has been appointed senior VP of strategy and business development at Ultra Electronics‘ maritime division. The retired U.S. Navy admiral will report to Carlo Zaffanella, president and CEO of Ultra Maritime, and will work in the Washington, D.C. area to oversee Ultra Ma...
Photo by Postmodern Studio from Shutterstock.com Since 1917, Oshkosh Corporation has become a dominant player in the American industrial sector, specializing in producing customized machinery and vehicles. Oshkosh’s defense division has won several contracts to manufacture joint light tactical vehicles. Learn more about the founders and top ex...
